US right-wing influencers stoke fears of left-wing mass violence after SCt ruling on abortion

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New: Conservative personalities and politicians spent the day before and the day of the Dobbs decision attempting to stoke fears that pro-choice groups would unleash a wave of mass violence. A familiar playbook, ripped off the 2020 “Antifa” disinfo wave.

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Contextualizing narratives about political violence surrounding the Dobbs v Jackson ruling
7:14 AM · Jun 25, 2022

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Conservative US political figures pre-empted and reacted to the United States Supreme Court’s rollback of abortion access conflating an ambiguous risk posed by a fringe group with the broader, peaceful pro-choice movement in the United States. To advance that willful misrepresentation against the majority of Americans that disapproves of the ruling, they deployed a familiar narrative playbook and information ecosystem.

Mainstream and increasingly extreme voices in the conservative information ecosystem amplified threatening messages posted online by an apparent radical pro-choice group and proceeded to cite those messages to stoke fears of imminent, coordinated, and widespread radical-left violence against abortion opponents. Democratic politicians who offered messages of support for pro-choice causes and encouraged protests were branded “insurrectionists” by prominent right-wing influencers — a cynical attempt to equate the violent January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol that led to multiple deaths with the ongoing popular, peaceful protest in response to the Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling. A common refrain in these narratives pointed back to a supposedly inevitable “night of rage” from pro-choice groups following the decision.

The term “night of rage” was lifted from the title of blog post published by Jane’s Revenge: an autonomous collective that emerged after the Dobbs decision was leaked in May. On its anonymous blog, one can find over-the-top manifestos calling for retaliation against those seeking to deny access to abortion. Jane’s Revenge has no evident organization, no apparent command and control structure, nor has it demonstrated an ability to coordinate — as opposed to an aspiration to inspire — widespread action to date; rather it claims to exist as loosely connected but ideologically aligned small groups.

Due to the amorphous nature of the group, it is difficult to gauge the size of the Jane’s Revenge network or what amount of action it realistically steers. Regardless of how the group may be comprised, actions taken in its name have been real. The group has claimed credit for vandalism and property destruction at locations associated with opposition to abortion: anti-abortion pregnancy centers, anti-abortion groups’ offices, and so on. Few, if any, national pro-choice movement groups have acknowledged Jane’s Revenge — let alone endorsed its actions. In contrast, anti-abortion groups have vandalized, harassed, and directed violence at abortion clinics for decades.

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[onecaliberal]

1. REPUBLICANS ARE THE VIOLENT CRIMINALS NOT DEMOCRATS.

[SharonClark]

2. Yes they did and they'll continue to do so

despite the violence not happening.

The NY Post editorial read like it was written by College Repukes - all outrage, circular logic, and incoherency.

[Kingofalldems]

3. They want the MAGA hicks to show up with AR-15s.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

4. Wow...the violent fascist extremists turn out to be the whiners also...

Whouda thunk it?

[mahina]

5. Expect and be prepared to stop disrupters

[Novara]

6. Pure projection

The right wing terrorists know nothing BUT violence and they assume everyone thinks like they do.

[kimbutgar]

7. Yeah sure a lot of angry women are going to get guns and start shooting conservatives?

I don’t think so.

But they need to be afraid because the repukes will be wiped out in November. That is what they are really afraid of.